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Attendees at the 2025 Research and Creative Activity at Appalachian (RECAPP) event enjoyed connecting with researchers and learning about the many research and creative projects at App State. This year’s RECAPP event will be held Sept. 18 in the Broyhill Music Center on App State’s Boone campus. Photo by Chase Reynolds

Ingenuity in action: App State spotlights faculty research and creativity
Sep 16, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s 2026 Research and Creative Activity at Appalachian event (RECAPP) celebrates a growing research enter...

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CAS faculty share 2026 summer grant outcomes
Sep 16, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Each summer, Appalachian State University's College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) awards $5,000 grants to untenured, tenure-track faculty...

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Fall 2026 edition of As the Crow Flies now available
Sep 15, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — The fall 2026 edition of As the Crow Flies, the open-access expansion of Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review, was...

Three people examine papers and a plastic container while sitting on rocks beside a stream; others stand in the background near trees and water.

From living ecosystems to human health and new monitoring tech — the New River anchors App State inquiry and contemplation
Sep 15, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University research starts high in our watershed and flows down to mountain communities and beyond, informing policy...

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Meet CAS Corps member Lizzie Smith
Sep 15, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Corps members serve as representatives to all college constituents, creating, promoting, and execut...

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Appalachian Senior Programs to celebrate AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers during the nationwide Sept. 15 celebration
Sep 15, 2026

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian Senior Programs will join AmeriCorps Seniors projects across the country in celebrating the service and impact of older ad...

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Archaeologist Dr. María Nieves Zedeño to headline App State's Mountain Studies Lecture Series on Oct. 29
Sep 14, 2026

2026 Mountain Studies Lecture feat. Dr. María Nieves ZedeñoThursday, Oct. 29, 20267-8:30 p.m. (Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Lecture begins at 7 p.m. Q&am...

App State sophomores Kate Borkowski and River Savante pose together on the Blue Ridge Parkway Sept. 3.

The roommates who summited Mt. Kilimanjaro [student featured]
Sep 14, 2026

From Mexico to Egypt, two App State students traveled together across several countries and continents, and this summer they embarked on a trip that w...

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App State’s Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies to host Kristallnacht commemoration on Nov. 9
Sep 14, 2026

Remembering the “Night of Broken Glass”Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, from 6:30–7:30 p.m.Turchin Center for the Visual Arts 1102BOONE, N.C. — Appalachi...

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UNCP students unearth untold stories at the Library of Congress [faculty featured]
Sep 10, 2026

Throughout the summer, students examined Federal Writers’ Project (FWP) and Farm Security Administration photographs, manuscripts and oral histories...

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